[utils] Add encode_compat_str

9 years ago · 8e60dc7526
parent 8900ab4d9b
commit 8e60dc7526
1 changed files with 4 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@ -1712,6 +1712,10 @@ def encode_dict(d, encoding='utf-8'):
    return dict((encode(k), encode(v)) for k, v in d.items())


+def encode_compat_str(string, encoding=preferredencoding(), errors='strict'):
+    return string if isinstance(string, compat_str) else compat_str(string, encoding, errors)
+
+
 US_RATINGS = {
    'G': 0,
    'PG': 10,